The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-19
INTERLACHEN.
How "a sabbath school Enjoyed Itself
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INTERLAcHES. FLA. June IL.
The most enjoyable picnic Of the sea-
son was that Of the Congregational Sab
bath School ON Tuesday. The minister.
Rev John Mexican, gave notice that he
would provide the bread. sandwiches
and lemonade for the children and gave
orders 10 Mr. Peters, our baker for the
| supplies, and without stint were the or
ders filed. The ladies of the town con
eiuded cakes, pies and jellies would
please the youngsters. and so they sent
in small cargo of pastry. Mr. VIII
liams the Sunday School Superintend-
ent' together with DIR. Whipp, A. l..
Ross, Mr. Baily. Bickford a. Ewing.
Mr. Brush, Mr.. Gilbert and other "ben
Joiks' thought canned meats, sardines,
candies, watermelons and other fruits
would be better appreciated by the misses
and masters, and right abundantly were
they furnished. In short, one wagon
was loaded with baskets, boxes and
packages Of the good things Of life.
At o'clock all were gathered at the
church, and soon all the carriages, wag-
ons and carts were filled, and il really
astonished the party Ia see how many citi-
zens had not gone North this summer. A
short, delightful drive soon brought us
To Mariners Lake, where we found
Capt. Anderson and family had pre-
pared the grounds in splendid order, had
large American flag suspended be-
tween two large pines that were sur
rounded 10y grove of shady oaks, un-
der which he had generously erected
long table and some seats. This was
quite a surprise To our party. In addi-
tion to this the captains good wife
noon, and she prepared an immense
lunch.
Ha ha we had a big joke on poor
Florida-nothing to eat, ehg If any
country under the sun could show bet
ter table than ours that day, we want 10
hear from her. We cannot take
time to enumerate the articles
Ii is sufficient To say that after all the
the children, the young ladies and gen
tlemen, the parents and grandparents,
and some laborers who were clearing
near by, were fully supplied-so much
was left that what was consumed could
scarcely Ice missed We wished we had
invited one or two Sabbath Schools from
Palatka.
The eating was not al Of our enjoy
ment We had swings and croquet; we
had delightful yacht rides around the
lake, besides the free use of row-boats.
all furnished by Capt. Anderson and FAM
lily. Then came the distribution Of
prizes to the pupils for the best running.
jumping, sack racing. etc, and those
who had the most Bible verses COM
mitred to memory, etc. Appropriate re-
marks by the minister, the superintend-
ent and others followed. and then more
eating and more iced lemonade.
Then all collected in group, while
Mr.. Clyde Balston took a photograph
of the entire party, after which water
melon was served in slices To everyone.
Then more yacht sailing. and soon IL was
sundown, when the party started for
town, all declaring IL had been most
delightful day. One incident occurred
worthy of mention. About noon the
gentlemen present sent n messenger to
tow n for their mail. On his return he
brought THE PALATKA NEWS, selections
from which were read aloud to the en-
tire party and greatly enjoyed. II the
Palatkans want "A charming place for "A
picnic, they can find none more so than
Mariners Lake.
Mr.. q. w. Harlem. Of Iowa, has pur-
chased the Kohler cottage and is finish
ing il in style. preparatory 10 occupying
il as his future residence. Mr.. Harlem
has been engaged TO teach in our acad-
emy the coming year.
Mr.. Merriam has purchased another
country place Of Lott Allen, to be occu-
pied by his son-in-law. who will move
here from Nebraska this fall.
The frame work Of the new Bickford
Block Is now up.
Our town is "open To the world"-we
hav'nt quarantined because we do not
believe there has been any yellow fever.
We have not had any big cleaning up
done because we constantly keep clean
not a case Of sickness Of any kind in or
near town.
The lice cold milk" at our depot ON
arrival OF every train is worthy Of COM
mendation. The milk is pure and sweet
from the extensive dairy Of Miss Marie
Long. OMNIBUS.